Dear United States Mangalarga Marchador Association members, Save the Dates – October 20-22nd The association has finalized our presence between Oct 20 and 22nd at Equitana Open Air Festival in Temecula, California. EQUITANA is a world-class equestrian trade show that is coming to the United States this year. We will be at booth 416, and…
About Lisa Estrada, CA – I am a project manager in information technology but a love for horses has existed since my childhood. This was followed by the opportunity of working on a horse farm and being on a horse drill team for several years part time, during my teens and twenties. Later on in life,…
By Lynn Kelley Howard Bonis, the first Marchador owner in Maine recently passed away late January, 2017 When Howard could no longer take care of his beloved horse, a great home was found with Cyndy Falvey, only a few minutes away on the Maine coastline. Cyndy is a long-time horse owner…
Enjoy your Spring edition of the USMMA Journal. We hope to publish quarterly, January, April, July and October. One of the things we hope to do with this publication is to feature the diversification of how the Marchador is used with real life examples. This Spring we are featuring Endurance Riding. Because of that focus,…
Congratulations to Connie Claire, the first applicant and recipient of the USMMA Show Subsidy Award in 2017. Connie and her husband Doren will travel to Texas (from Florida) to compete in an international mounted archery event with their Marchador gelding DaVinci do Summerwind, better known as LEO! For more information about the…
From the Editor: Tresa Smith Enjoy your Winter edition of the USMMA Journal. It is here via pdf file and also on-line, along with a video of Marchadors in the snow! We hope to publish quarterly, January, April, July and October. Consider this journal yours. It is your COMMUNICATION vehicle. Share your stories and photos;…
The Northwood Farms Challenge was created to encourage and motivate horse owners and riders to get out with their horses in inclement weather – the first 12 weeks of winter, to be precise! Starting with about 50 friends and acquaintances, it has grown into an international event with over 1000 participants. The challenge is…
Look up your horse (on a laptop or desktop computer! https://namarchador.org/registry/view-pedigree/ Goal: To correct and update the USMMA Horse Registration Database in 2016, including new photos. To encourage people not registering their Marchadors to join the USMMA and registry. If successful, to recommend that this project be repeated every 5 years. As a side benefit,…
Aria de los Cielos and owner/rider Alessandra Deerinck won the Death Valley Encounter on December 29, 2016. Several Marchador horses and owners ride endurance and some have achieved great results, but this is the first WIN! First place! And they rode barefoot, even more impressive! Congratulations to Alessandra and Aria! If you’d…
USMMA Members and Mangalarga Marchdor Horse Owners will be contacted during September and October to help us correct and update the USMMA Horse Registration Database. We will be requesting and validating the horses’ information like color, sex, death, and ownership. We will also be trying to collect in new photos. Some of the information we have…